eff. oh. ex.

i'm calling it a night with this.

[caramel cone ice cream.

the best ice cream.
introduced to me five years ago
when the missionary broke my heart
the first time.]

and with this.

[meg and tom.
as kathleen and joe.
i do love that his name's joe.
and that they're writing
to each other.]

and i'm enjoying this song.

"sometimes i wonder about my life.
i lead a small life. well, valuable, but small.
and sometimes i wonder, do i do it because i like it,
or because i haven't been brave?
so much of what i see reminds me of something
i read in a book, when shouldn't it be the other way around?
i don't really want an answer.
i just want to send this cosmic question
out into the void.

so goodnight,
dear void."